Governing Natural Resources for Africa's Development / Edition 1

by Hany Besada

Overview

Bringing together some of the world’s leading thinkers and policy experts in the area of natural resource governance and management in Africa, this volume addresses the most critical policy issues affecting the continent’s ability to manage and govern its precious resources. The narrative of the book is solutions-driven, as experts weigh on specific issues within the context of Africa’s natural resource governance and offer appropriate policy recommendations on how to best manage the continent’s resources. This is a must-read for government policy makers in industrialized economies and, more importantly, in Africa and emerging economies, as well as for academic researchers working in the field, extractive companies operating on the continent, extractive industry and trade associations, and multilateral and donor aid institutions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138200517
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/06/2016
Series:	New Regionalisms Series
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Hany Gamil Besada is Regional Advisor, African Minerals Development Centre, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa; Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow, United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa; Senior Fellow, University of Ottawa; Research Professor, Carleton University; and also Senior Governance Expert with ACT for Performance in Ottawa, Canada.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Foreword: African State and Natural Resources Governance in the 21^st Century

Introducton

Part 1: African Content

1. The African Mining Vision as a Model for Natural Resources Governance in Africa

2. Capacity Development for Natural Resource Management: Findings from the 2013 Africa Capacity Indicators Report

3. The Other Resource Curse: Extractives as Development Panacea

Part 2: Governance Aspects

4. Natural resources, global economic volatility and Africa’s growth prospects

5. Natural resources, volatility, and African development policy: some agenda for action

6. Local Content Policies, Natural Resource Governance and Development in the Global South

7. When Nature Becomes a Resource: Spaces of Environmental Protection, Land Management and Development Issues in Francophone Africa

Part 3: Land Management

8. Sustainable Development of Mineral Commodities in Africa: Challenges and Policies

9. Future Land Grab Solutions? The Evolution and Potential Impact of Public and Private Governance Initiatives at the Global Level

10. Winners and Losers, Contestation over Land in the Advent of Oil Exploration in Uganda

Part 4: Foreign Policy

11. Canada and China: Accepting Africa’s Rise

12. Russia’s Geostrategic Vision of African Natural Resources